How Temp Job Leads to Computer Programming Career - Chris Hinkle

In Chapter 6 of 12 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, product designer and software engineer Chris Hinkle shares how his computer programming career began working at a temp job. Watching an inefficient process occur, Hinkle traces the inefficiency to the source and makes adjustments to save the company time and resources. This leads Hinkle to start programming and create process efficiencies. Hinkle currently designs products and develops software for The Barbarian Group digital marketing services company. Previously, he worked at HUGE and R/GA digital advertising agencies. He has also founded a product incubation laboratory, The Hinkle Way.

How R/GA Agency Culture Fosters Creativity and Innovation - Chris Hinkle

In Chapter 7 of 12 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, product designer and software engineer Chris Hinkle shares how he learned creative thinking in digital media working at R/GA advertising agency in New York City. The company sets aside research and development to look for new problems to solve. It results in a culture of product research aimed at learning new technology and making new products before there is demand for them. Hinkle currently designs products and develops software for The Barbarian Group digital marketing services company. Previously, he worked at HUGE and R/GA digital advertising agencies. He has also founded a product incubation laboratory, The Hinkle Way.

How Software Programming is Both Art and Engineering - Chris Hinkle

In Chapter 8 of 12 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, product designer and software engineer Chris Hinkle shares how programming is both engineering and art. In programming, engineers are thinkers and technicians are the doers. Hinkle notes the class system between both. From an artistic perspective, Hinkle details how programming or engineering is an expressive medium that takes people's thoughts, desires, and wills and manifests them in a piece of software. Hinkle currently designs products and develops software for The Barbarian Group digital marketing services company. Previously, he worked at HUGE and R/GA digital advertising agencies. He has also founded a product incubation laboratory, The Hinkle Way.

Why Creatives Should "Always Be Making" - Chris Hinkle

In Chapter 9 of 12 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, product designer and software engineer Chris Hinkle shares why he takes an "Always Be Making" approach to product design. He notes the important early phases of ideation and design requirements, but cautions others not to get caught in these early phases and overlooking the importance of actually building or creating something. Hinkle currently designs products and develops software for The Barbarian Group digital marketing services company. Previously, he worked at HUGE and R/GA digital advertising agencies. He has also founded a product incubation laboratory, The Hinkle Way.

How to Convince Corporations to Take Creative Risks - Chris Hinkle

In Chapter 10 of 12 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, product designer and software engineer Chris Hinkle shares what he has learned about encouraging and helping large corporations to be more creative and less risk-averse. He notes the challenge, based on British anthropologist Robin Dunbar's number. Dunbar found once a mean group size reached 148 (commonly rounded to 150), it becomes more difficult to maintain stable social relationships. Hinkle sees the challenge encouraging corporate creativity Hinkle currently designs products and develops software for The Barbarian Group digital marketing services company. Previously, he worked at HUGE and R/GA digital advertising agencies. He has also founded a product incubation laboratory, The Hinkle Way.

Why to Design Product as Iteration and Not End Result - Chris Hinkle

In Chapter 11 of 12 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, product designer and software engineer Chris Hinkle shares why products should be treated as iterations and not end results. He notes software design is a continuous process. At some point, software has to be good enough to be released, whereupon developers can decide whether to iterate on the next version or shift focus to another project. Hinkle currently designs products and develops software for The Barbarian Group digital marketing services company. Previously, he worked at HUGE and R/GA digital advertising agencies. He has also founded a product incubation laboratory, The Hinkle Way.

How Ad Agency Jobs Inform Product Design Ambition - Chris Hinkle

In Chapter 12 of 12 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, product designer and software engineer Chris Hinkle reconciles the pros and cons developing software and designing projects in advertising agency environments. This leads Hinkle to create an entrepreneurial venture - The Hinkle Way - to incubate new products outside his agency work. Hinkle currently designs products and develops software for The Barbarian Group digital marketing services company. Previously, he worked at HUGE and R/GA digital advertising agencies. He has also founded a product incubation laboratory, The Hinkle Way.

What Makes Relationships Last a Lifetime - Randall Metting

In Chapter 1 of 11 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, brand marketer and Austin on-air radio personality Randall Metting discusses his parents marriage. Married over 40 years, Metting's parents teach him the importance of open communication.  He applies this in both his personal and professional pursuits opening up life's possibliities.  Metting is a brand developer focused on the intersection of luxury goods, professional sports, and charitable cause sponsorship and promotions.  He is also an on-air radio personality for 93.3 KGSR Radio Austin.  He earned a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Florida. 

How Parents Become Role Models and Inspire Family - Randall Metting

In Chapter 2 of 11 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, brand marketer and Austin on-air radio personality Randall Metting shares how his parents each became important role models in his life.  Metting notes his parents beliefs and actions both impacted his personal ambition and goals.  From effective communication and kindness to watching his dad develop a music career, Metting learns to apply the lessons in his own life.  Metting is a brand developer focused on the intersection of luxury goods, professional sports, and charitable cause sponsorship and promotions.  He is also an on-air radio personality for 93.3 KGSR Radio Austin.  He earned a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Florida.

How to Celebrate Father's Day and Create a Tradition - Randall Metting

In Chapter 3 of 11 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, brand marketer and Austin on-air radio personality Randall Metting shares how he has built an annual tradition celebrating Father's Day with his dad.  The two take annual trips to big sporting events, including the College World Series, to celebrate "manly moments".  He reflects back on his "first game" with his father, a Texas Longhorns football game when his mother was nine months pregnant.  Metting is a brand marketer focused on the intersection of luxury goods, professional sports, and charitable cause sponsorship and promotion.  He is also an on-air radio personality for 93.3 KGSR Radio Austin.  He earned a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Florida. 

How Working at Coca-Cola Shapes Marketing Career Ambition - Randall Metting

In Chapter 4 of 11 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, brand marketer and Austin on-air radio personality Randall Metting shares how an Atlanta marketing job at Coca-Cola out of college shaped his career.  Metting get involved with the Dasani Water product launch and learns about grassroots marketing, regional promotions, and new category expansion.  Metting is a brand developer focused on the intersection of luxury goods, professional sports, and charitable cause sponsorship and promotion.  He is also an on-air radio personality for 93.3 KGSR Radio Austin.  He earned a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Florida. 

How Marketer Changes Career to Pursue Passion for Sports - Randall Metting

In Chapter 5 of 11 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, brand marketer and Austin on-air radio personality Randall Metting shares how he broke into sports marketing working with the PGA Tour.  After working with Coca-Cola and ad agency McCann-Erickson, Metting decides to take a pay cut to work in sports.  Working with the PGA Tour leads to several opportunities organizing events for big brands, including Nationwide and Chrysler, for different golf events.  Metting is a brand developer focused on the intersection of luxury goods, professional sports, and charitable cause sponsorship and promotion.  He is also an on-air radio personality for 93.3 KGSR Radio Austin.  He earned a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Florida. 

How PGA Tour Job Teaches Event Marketing Strategy - Randall Metting

In Chapter 6 of 11 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, brand marketer and Austin on-air radio personality Randall Metting shares how working for the PGA Champions Tour taught him event marketing strategy.  Tournament golf offers Metting a platform to combine charitable cause sponsorship - in this case with a Puerto Rican charity Sor Isolina Ferre - with large brand participation.  What results is the "Chrysler Senior Match Play Challenge".  He shares how a non-traditional tournament structure benefited advertisers and maximized both viewership and charitable impact.  Metting is a brand developer focused on the intersection of luxury goods, professional sports, and charitable cause sponsorship and promotion.  He is also an on-air radio personality for 93.3 KGSR Radio Austin.  He earned a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Florida.

How to Market Luxury Brands Using a Grassroots Campaign - Randall Metting

In Chapter 7 of 11 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, brand marketer and Austin on-air radio personality Randall Metting how he learned to market luxury brands by creating a grassroots campaign.  Working with Brown-Forman's Appleton Estate Rum, Metting creates a nationwide event schedule integrating premium brands in experiential luxury event settings.  Metting is a brand developer focused on the intersection of luxury goods, professional sports, and charitable cause sponsorship and promotion.  He is also an on-air radio personality for 93.3 KGSR Radio Austin.  He earned a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Florida.

Randall Metting on Marketing Luxury Brands to a Jetsetting Audience

In Chapter 8 of 11 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, brand marketer and Austin on-air radio personality Randall Metting shares what he learned about jetsetter culture working in luxury brand advertising.  Working at Dupont Publishing, Metting adapts traditional advertising approaches to connect with a wealthy clientele living a jetsetter lifestyle.  Metting is a brand developer focused on the intersection of luxury goods, professional sports, and charitable cause sponsorship and promotion.  He is also an on-air radio personality for 93.3 KGSR Radio Austin.  He earned a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Florida. 

How Community Diversity Creates Austin City Culture - Randall Metting

In Chapter 9 of 11 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, brand marketer and Austin on-air radio personality Randall Metting shares how living in Ausitn has taught him about what makes communities work.  After relocating from Atlanta to Austin, Metting embraces the diverse communities shaping Austin life.  He sums it up with a coffeeshop analogy and the mixed backgrounds all part of one scne.  Metting is a brand developer focused on the intersection of luxury goods, professional sports, and charitable cause sponsorship and promotion.  He is also an on-air radio personality for 93.3 KGSR Radio Austin.  He earned a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Florida. 

How Local Radio Stations Help Keep Austin Weird - Randall Metting

In Chapter 10 of 11 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, brand marketer and Austin KGSR on-air radio personality Randall Metting shares how local radio stations contribute to the city culture.  The city motto "Keep Austin Weird" is reflected in how radio stations strive to craft differentiated local experiences that make city living more rewarding.  Metting is a brand developer focused on the intersection of luxury goods, professional sports, and charitable cause sponsorship and promotion.  He is also an on-air radio personality for 93.3 KGSR Radio Austin.  He earned a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Florida. 

How Bone Marrow Donor Helps Child Fight Cancer - Randall Metting

In Chapter 11 of 11 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, brand marketer and Austin on-air radio personality Randall Metting joins the National Bone Marrow Program and donates his bone marrow in a stem cell transplant operation.  Metting takes action after seeing friends and family suffer from cancer.  The transplant experience inspires him to contribute to multiple cancer charities, including the Austin-based Livestrong Foundation.  Metting is a brand developer focused on the intersection of luxury goods, professional sports, and charitable cause sponsorship and promotion.  He is also an on-air radio personality for 93.3 KGSR Radio Austin.  He earned a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Florida.